Resources

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Cumberland School

• Searching for books at the Cumberland Library
• Locating an AR test for a book
• AR Lists
• Open Court Plans
  • Overview of Kindergarten Open Court Lesson Plans
    A map of the lesson plans used by Cumberland for teaching reading and writing to the Kindergarten classes.
  • Overview of 1st Grade Open Court Lesson Plans
    A map of the lesson plans used by Cumberland for teaching reading and writing to the 1st Grade classes.
  • Overview of 2nd Grade Open Court Lesson Plans
    A map of the lesson plans used by Cumberland for teaching reading and writing to the 2nd Grade classes.
  • Overview of 3rd Grade Open Court Lesson Plans
    A map of the lesson plans used by Cumberland for teaching reading and writing to the 3rd Grade classes.
  • Overview of 4th Grade Open Court Lesson Plans
    A map of the lesson plans used by Cumberland for teaching reading and writing to the 4th Grade classes.
  • Overview of 5th Grade Open Court Lesson Plans
    A map of the lesson plans used by Cumberland for teaching reading and writing to the 5th Grade classes.

Sunnyvale School District Resources

• Sunnyvale School District
  Our district's site, which also hosts Cumberland's website.
• Sunnyvale School District page on the Sodexho Education site
  This is the Cafeteria provider for Cumberland's cafeteria. They have lots of information about nutrition.

State Resources

• California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Results
  This site allows you to retrieve the STAR test results. If your browser and computer meet the minimum requirements, click on the STAR 2004 Test Results link, specify Cumberland, and click on View Report.
• California Standards for English Language Arts, Math, History, Social Science and Science
  These are the content standards defining the knowledge, concepts, and skills that students should acquire at each grade level.
• State Senate and Assembly Education Committees
  Contact information for the State Senate and Assembly Education Committees, key groups of legislators related to education budget decisions, should you wish to voice your opinions.
• State Legislators
  Contact information for the State Legislators representing Cumberland area parents, should you wish to voice your opinions to your representatives.

Fun/Informative Resources

• Live weather data from the Cumberland Weather station
  Sponsored by AWS Convergence Technologies, a network of live weather stations. There's even a link to get live updates (via a Java applet)!

Education Resources

• Education Enrichment Resources
  These sites provide more information as well as resources about GATE and education enrichment.
• Encyclopedia Brittannica
  This site allows you to view Elementary, Middle and High school pages.
• Content Standards for California Public Schools
  This site allows you to view the standards for K-12 in all content areas.
• Coole School Planners
  The website of the company who supplies the planners used by our 3rd-5th grade students.
• Great Schools page for Cumberland
  Our page on a site filled with data for comparing schools.
• California State PTA
  See what's going on with the state PTA organization.
• California Elementary Education Network Newsletter
  The newsletter focuses on science and includes information on the characteristics of an effective elementary school science program, information on science activities for kindergarten and highlights Monte Vista Elementary School.
• NCES report, "Children's Reading and Mathematics Achievement in Kindergarten and First Grade"
  This report examines the relationship of children's early literacy skills and resources at the start of kindergarten to their reading and mathematics achievement at the end of kindergarten and first grade. It describes these relationships for children from different race/ethnic backgrounds and for boys and girls. It is the third in a series of reports from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99.

Other Resources

• "The Inverse Power of Praise"
  An article from New York Magazine that discusses the potential drawback to telling your child he/she is smart
• The Anniversary of September 11th: Parents' Guide for Talking to their Children
  A document from the National Center for Children Exposed to Violence containing some advice about talking to your children about the anniversary of the events of September 11th.

Tools

• FREE Acrobat Reader
  So you can read and print many of the documents on this site and other sites.